Materials Handling - Company & Industry News

DB Cargo UK has today announced plans to invest £2.6 million in new facilities at its depot in Toton, Nottinghamshire, to facilitate the export and import of a new generation of Toyota cars.The announcement was made during a visit t... Read Full Article

Bruks Siwertell has now completed the commissioning of a new Siwertell ST 640-M screw-type ship unloader in Houston, Texas, USA; as far upstream the Buffalo Bayou as ocean-going vessels can go. Its undisclosed owners have switched from bagged to ... Read Full Article

Money raised to grant more magical Wishes for sick children...Derby-based Bobcat dealer, Butler Reynolds Ltd, has announced that the winner of the company’s charity raffle for a Bobcat E10z 1 tonne mini-excavator is Chris O... Read Full Article

Innovative engineers at DB Cargo UK’s maintenance depot in Stoke are busy converting a set of unused BYA wagons into open hot coil wagons – dubbed ‘The Stegosaurus’ due to its striking profile! The company... Read Full Article

With a lack of raw materials and skyrocketing prices, your solution comes from waste material.It’s a problem affecting everyone, from suppliers to their customers: we’re in the middle of a supply shortage. The planeta... Read Full Article

PD Ports has proudly registered Teesport as part of a new initiative called PortSafe to form a collaborative approach between law enforcement, first responders, partner agencies and industry to enhance security awareness within the UK ports indust... Read Full Article

The sawmilling industry's trend continues to rise despite the strained economic situation in many other industries. One of Germany's largest wood processing companies, GELO Holzwerke, therefore decided last year to make a far-reaching investment i... Read Full Article

Aggregates R Us is the latest company to invest in the Haith mobile bagging system which it received this month...The mobile bagging system, which includes a GIC5100 vertical form fill and seal packaging machine, will be... Read Full Article

SBM LINEMIX® produces dam wall concrete under most extreme conditions...A new arch dam will be built in front of the monumental Spitallamm dam on the Grimsel that needs renovation. SBM Mineral Processing installed ... Read Full Article

Choosing the wrong bucket can have significant effects on productivity, machine uptime and performance, therefore it’s important to find the right bucket for the job. The expectation when buying a bucket is that it will last, but do you expe... Read Full Article

A new app from Hanson UK has been developed to allow contractors working on site to manage and track their concrete deliveries.The OnSite app, which is free to download on iOS and Android at https://hcag.app... Read Full Article

Leading robotics and automation company, RMGroup, has recently installed one of their innovative mobile packaging systems at PELOT Slovenia, part of the PELOT Group - a main supplier of sea and rock salt in the Republic of Croatia, Slovenia and ne... Read Full Article

The Port of Åhus in Skåne has invested in a SENNEBOGEN 875 E material handler with 391 kW electric motor and a total weight of 165 tons: in cooperation with sales and service partner OP System, they configured a special machine w... Read Full Article

With a working relationship reaching as far back as the 80s, Stevens Equipment Rental reaffirms its commitment to SMT GB by placing an order for 37 additional new Volvo machines... Ordered as part of a fleet ... Read Full Article

CEMEX has launched a new multi-service plant at Gennevilliers in the heart of Paris, France focused on circular economy: the recycling and... Read Full Article

PD Ports is celebrating after achieving Gold status at the internationally-recognised RoSPA Awards for its ongoing commitment to demonstrating the highest health and safety standards across its operations.The port operator, which is headq... Read Full Article

An Essex company has chosen Liebherr equipment for its new ready-mix business after listening to the recommendations of other concrete producers...Brice Aggregates produces virgin sand and gravel at its Witham quarry and, as Mana... Read Full Article

DB Cargo (UK) Ltd has successfully trialled a new service for new-to-rail customer Marcegaglia, transporting almost 3000 tonnes of steel coil from the Port of Sunderland to its steel logistics centre in Wolverhampton.Marcegaglia is the la... Read Full Article

One of the UK’s leading vehicle safety equipment suppliers has set out a five-year business plan that could see it double annual sales and create 50 new jobs - if it could just find the right premises.Spillard Safety Systems, which ... Read Full Article

JCB has today started a fresh recruitment drive for 500 new shop floor employees as demand for its machinery continues to soar. The company is setting on the additional agency employees at its 11 plants in Staffordshire, Derbyshire a... Read Full Article